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Sherry L. Toliver has been named Executive Director of Fort Smith Area Community Foundation, a local office of  Arkansas Community Foundation. Read More..

Our friends the Greenlands were featured recently in an article in 501 Life magazine. In the story, the Greenlands explain how they're using their family endowment at Arkansas Community Foundation's Faulkner County office to teach their children about philanthropy. Also in the story, our CEO Heather Larkin shares tips we've picked up from our donors about how to instill a love of giving in your children.  Read More..

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285 grants were awarded recently to Arkansas teachers through Arkansas Community Foundation’s annual Science Initiative for Middle Schools (SIMS) program, which encourages hands-on science instruction by making grants for the purchase of materials for science experiments. Read More..

Madelyn Ginsberg recently accepted the position of executive director of Pope County Community Foundation, a local affiliate office of Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF). Ginsberg will fill the position vacated by outgoing Executive Director Betty LaGrone, who retired this fall after 10 years of service to the Community Foundation.  Read More..

Nucor-Yamato Steel/Nucor Steel Arkansas was recognized as ARCF's Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation at the Northeast Arkansas Business of the Year awards on Tuesday, October 11 at the ASU Convocation Center. Read More..

A grant from the Community Foundation of Lee County helped offset the cost of hosting a medical clinic staffed by military medical personnel. Read More..

Through ARCF's Science Initiative for Middle Schools (SIMS) program, Arkansas teachers can can apply for a $500 minigrant for materials for hands-on science instruction! Read More..

Grants totaling $450,000 will enable the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing to continue leading an innovative effort to strengthen the quality of nursing care in Arkansas nursing homes. Announced today as part of a national initiative, Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF), in partnership with UAMS, received $225,000 from Partners in Nursing’s Future (PIN), in addition to $225,000 raised locally. Read More..

Lucy Smith recently accepted the position of executive director of the Community Foundation of Lee County (CFLC), a local affiliate office of Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF).  Smith will fill the position vacated by outgoing Executive Director Nancy Apple, who retired this summer after 14 years of service to the community foundation.
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Arkansas Community Foundation recently announced a total of $60,380 in grants to six organizations serving the Arkansas Delta region. These grants were awarded from the Arkansas Delta Endowment for Building Community, established at the Foundation in 2009 to provide a source of funding for innovative, community-based projects that will improve social and economic conditions for children and families in 26 Delta counties in Arkansas.
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Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF) recently announced a total of $903,873 in Giving Tree grants awarded over the past 12 months to approximately 500 nonprofit organizations, schools and government agencies across Arkansas.  These grants, selected through a competitive process targeting nonprofits in the 40 counties directly served by ARCF, averaged just over $1,600 each and benefitted a wide range of charities, many of which are locally based grassroots organizations. Read More..

Jackson Farrow of Little Rock, Dennis Hunt of Fayetteville and Philip Tappan of Little Rock were recently named to the board of directors of Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF). Farrow, Hunt and Tappan took office effective July 1. Read More..

Lynley Summers recently accepted the position of executive director of Ouachita Valley Community Foundation (OVCF), a local affiliate office of Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF). Read More..

At a ceremony at the Peabody Hotel on June 14, 14 nonprofit organizations serving minority communities received a total of $33,425 in grants from the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame Foundation fund. The grants, administered by Arkansas Community Foundation, will support projects focused on education, health and wellness, youth development and small business/economic development. Read More..

The Women's Foundation of Arkansas was organized in 1998 after the honorees of Arkansas Business's Top 100 Women gathered for a workshop and celebratory luncheon. A speaker challenged the women to consider: “What would we do if we could make anything happen?” That was the question that started a movement: one hundred women, $1,000 each, one shared purpose to challenge women and girls to meet their full potential. Read More..

After more than 30 years of service to the Helena-West Helena community, Dr. P. Vasudevan doesn’t have to wonder whether he’s made a difference in the community. Driving down Highway 49, he can see the impact of his visionary community leadership in the $4.2 million Dr. Vasudevan Wellness Center established in 2006. Read More..

Van Buren High School graduate Zachary Musgraves recently received the Ryan Mondy D.A.S.H. Memorial Scholarship through Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF).

Susan Krafft recently accepted the position of executive director of Fort Smith Area Community Foundation (FSACF), a local affiliate office of Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF).  Krafft will fill the position vacated by outgoing Executive Director Darrel Cunningham, who is retiring this summer after nine years of service to the community foundation. Read More..

We recently hosted an informational webinar for teachers who want to learn more about the online application process for our Science Initiative for Middle Schools. Here's a link to the recording. Read More..

Better information leads to better communities. That’s why Arkansas Community Foundation teamed with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to produce Aspire Arkansas, a major research initiative gathering county-by-county data on seven community indicators, from economic opportunity to education to health. Read More..

A new grant program from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas will offer $1,000 minigrants to enable Arkansas organizations to implement health improvement projects. Read More..

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Arkansas Community Foundation announced the availability of two privately funded scholarships for Arkansas students.  One program provides scholarships to students who have battled cancer and another to students whose parent was killed in the line of duty. Read More..

April 15 is deadline to apply for 2011 Arkansas Black Hall of Fame (ABHF) Foundation grants; organizations seeking funding can apply online starting February 17 at arcf.org. Read More..

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YAC members: mark your calendar for the annual YAC Attack! Conference, February 18-19 at Camp Tanako in Hot Springs. Read More..

Recruiting the Care Mobile to visit Eureka Springs was a tangible sign of progress from a brand new Carroll County group working to address childhood poverty. Originating with a group of board members at ARCF’s Carroll County Community Foundation (CCCF) local office, CLIP (Children’s Lives Inspiring Progress) emerged when a report published by the University of Arkansas in 2008 revealed some troubling figures for Carroll County Read More..

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Lake Hamilton High School graduate Brooks Allyson “Alley” Daily was selected from among a statewide pool of applicants as the 2010 recipient of the YAC/Pringle Scholarship through Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF). Read More..

Perryville High School graduate Royce McClain recently received the Ryan Mondy D.A.S.H. Memorial Scholarship through Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF).

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